Freighter Tails

Freighter Tails is a webcomic created by Paul S. Gibbs and Bill Redfern, following the career of Lt. Mzzkiti and the crew of the freighter Pharsicle. The comic utilizes digital wireframe models for ships and backgrounds.

Freighter Tails originally was a Star Trek parody called Haul Trek, featuring a Caitian lieutenant named M'Iskiti, serving on the Starfleet freighter U.S.S. Pharsicle. Haul Trek began August 2nd, 1998, and went on hiatus on November 20th, 1999.

Gibbs and Redfern decided to get away from doing the Star Trek parody; this was also about the time Paramount was cracking down on Trek fan sites. Finally, on April 1st, 2001, Freighter Tails made its debut.

The new version utilizes similar characters and situations, without the problems posed (with Paramount, or otherwise) by staying in the Trek universe. It is a straight science-fiction strip, detailing the misadventures of Mzzkiti.

The more neutral setting allows for other fantasy and science-fiction concepts to be utilized, usually for comedic effect.